Johanna Pöykkö: Kaaret

Completion year: 2022

Technique: Painting on coated sheet fabric, incision

Size: 350x700x350cm

Keywords: Johanna Pöykkö, Kaaret, installaatio, tekstiiliteos, lakanakangas, tilallinen maalaus, aika, ajankulku, elämänkaari, näky menneeseen, jatkumo

Arches

What do we carry with us? What do we see when we look at the same vision? What do we look at it through? It's time before corona. It's time before Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. It's time before worry. It's time before joy. It's this moment. Humanity in relation to one's own experiences and those of those who walk alongside. Humanity, relationships with other people, is part of my art making. That's what I think about when painting and cutting fabric. Materially, my art work often starts with white sheet fabric. I work on it by serigraphy, painting, coating, cutting and sewing.I use these fabric elements to create spaces and spatial works. Lately, I have been working with large spatial works. The scale of childhood bed linen huts has grown in the same proportion as the author. Is art a documentation of existence or self-expression? For me, making art is spending time with my thoughts. I'm striving for something I want others to see. We look at the same vision, each from our own point of view.How far back can I remember? How far ahead do I imagine? Arches at Poriginal gallery in Pori 2022.

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